Increase Shown In Influenza: Cases Reported Yesterday Number 390, and Pneumonia Fifty-one.: Seven Deaths Occur: Flu Hospital Filled to Capacity Last Night With 120 Patients
City Influenza Data: [Chart]
The city health office was almost swamped with reports of influenza and pneumonia cases yesterday. The total represented the accumulation since Saturday noon- two days and a half- but it was almost double that of any preceding Monday. Some persons wanted to ascribe the rapid increase in influenza to the wet weather and its depressing effects, but Dr. John B. Anderson, city health officer, does not blame the weather except that it causes people to keep closed the windows of their homes.